Software Development Engineer, AWS IAM

At Amazon Web Services Identity and Access Management (AWS IAM) we build operate and innovate the identity management authentication and authorization stack for the AWS cloud. Our mission is to push technical boundaries to enable AWS customers to run their business workloads confidently and securely. As part of this mission we Think Big and Dive Deep as we leverage technology to give customers state-of-the-art controls to manage access across all their AWS environments. At IAM we operate one of the largest distributed systems in the world which processes tens of millions of transactions per second.
With the growth of AWS the customer workloads and access patterns keep evolving demanding the next order of magnitude scalability. We are looking for a strong Senior Software Engineer to join the team that can own and operate the IAM Control Plane ecosystem of services.

Key job responsibilities
A successful candidate has established background in designing building and operating high-performing reliable distributed systems of the global scale as part of a high-functioning engineering team.
You must have strong technical skills solid project management skills be an efficient communicator and have motivation vision and high judgement to stay focused on key business outcomes to deliver results in a fast-paced environment. IAM is a highly technical space with emphasis on security scale and operational excellence. You will be expected to be a strong technical leader who effectively partners with others keeps the big picture in sight informs prioritization builds consensus and rallies the team behind it. Core responsibilities include design and implementation of complex system components while raising the bar on quality and supporting less experienced members of the team in growing in their technical skills.

About the team
We own the most security-sensitive part of the IAM Control Plane with a focus on insider threat. IAM is 17 years old handles millions of transactions per second and grows with every AWS launch. Every AWS service is different and security controls are as complex as the systems they protect. That puts us at the heart of AWS working on its most interesting security risks. Proactively we set the security strategy and put preventative controls in place. Reactively we lead high-severity incident response.

- 3 years of non-internship professional software development experience
- 2 years of non-internship design or architecture (design patterns reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
- 1 years of software development engineer or related occupational experience
- 1 years of designing and developing large-scale multi-tiered multi-threaded embedded or distributed software applications tools systems and services using: C# C Java or Perl experience
- 1 years of Object Oriented Design experience
- Bachelors degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science Engineering Mathematics or a related field
- Experience programming with at least one software programming language

- 3 years of full software development life cycle including coding standards code reviews source control management build processes testing and operations experience
- Bachelors degree in computer science or equivalent

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The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience qualifications and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical dental vision prescription Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans EAP Mental Health Support Medical Advice Line Flexible Spending Accounts Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage) 401(k) matching paid time off and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at WA Seattle - 143700.00 - 194400.00 USD annually